▸ the year you arrived
1987
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You will be 39 this year — a child of the '80s.
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Your generation
Millennial
1987 belonged to
Madonna
4 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1987
- 1
Walk Like an Egyptian
The Bangles
- 2
Alone
Heart
- 3
Shake You Down
Gregory Abbott
- 4
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Whitney Houston
- 5
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Starship
- 6
C'est La Vie
Robbie Nevil
- 7
Here I Go Again
Whitesnake
- 8
The Way It Is
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
- 9
Shakedown
Bob Seger
- 10
Livin' on a Prayer
Bon Jovi
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsU2 — The Joshua Tree
Michael Jackson — Bad
Guns N' Roses — Appetite for Destruction
At the MoviesThe Princess Bride
Dirty Dancing
Predator
On TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
Full House
Married... with Children
In the Headlines'Tear down this wall' speech
The Simpsons debut as shorts on Tracey Ullman
Black Monday stock crash
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